Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
At rest
General references
Bible References
The wicked
Job 14:13
"Won't you keep me safe in the afterlife? Conceal me until your anger subsides. Set an appointment for me, then remember me.
Psalm 55:5
Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and horror has covered me.
Matthew 10:28
Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
Luke 12:4
"But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
Certainly it is right for God to pay back those who afflict you with affliction,
2 Peter 2:8
for as long as that righteous man lived among them, day after day he was being tortured in his righteous soul by what he saw and heard in their lawless actions
At rest
Isaiah 57:1
"Also the righteous are perishing, but no one takes it to heart; devout people are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.
Hebrews 4:9
There remains, therefore, a Sabbath rest for the people of God to keep,
Revelation 14:13
I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: How blessed are the dead, that is, those who die in the Lord from now on!" "Yes," says the Spirit. "Let them rest from their labors, for their actions follow them."
General references
Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.